Ryun Haeng-Shik has written this letter to his wife, Kim Yung-Yeong, who is one of 21 remaining Korean hostages being held by the Taliban in Afghanistan since July 19th. The Taliban have, so far, killed two of their hostages. The hostages are Christians who were doing relief work in Afghanistan.
To my lovely wife,
Honey, it must be hot and difficult there. I have no words to say to you other than that I am sorry. I can’t be more hateful of myself for eating and sleeping at a time when you must be really sick and going through so much hardship.
I told our children that you are staying with the children in Afghanistan a bit longer because you love the people there so much. The children are really proud of you for helping people living in poverty and distress. You must really miss our children, our darling children, our children that you so dearly love. Although you may desperately want to see them, we must be patient for a bit longer. For the sake of our children, stay strong and healthy and please hold on to positive thoughts.We will see each other soon. I am proud of you. Although it may be hard and difficult, please hang on for a little bit longer. I am sorry. I am really sorry, all I can say is that I am sorry. I love you, I truly love you.”
- Wikipedia has a good article on this crisis that is getting continually updates.
ht: eugene cho via noel heikkinen
Thanks for the link to the Wikipedia page. It’s amazing that this form of technology is providing a much needed information source.